A newly proposed voter suppression referendum, if implemented, could make voting more challenging for older Mainers, rural voters and other people who strongly rely on absentee voting by creating more ...

Ben Chin and Esther Pew are back for the first podcast episode of 2025! The hosts discuss two petitions — regarding voting rights and a red flag law — that will potentially be on the 2025 ballot. “ ...

When I sat down with my editor at the end of 2024 to chat about writing for the Beacon in 2025, she asked me what I care about most in politics. It wasn’t just an idle question—when I write about what ...

Medical debt will no longer appear on credit reports, according to a new rule the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized on Tuesday. The ruling is set to remove $49 billion in medical ...

Josh Keefe is a government accountability reporter for The Maine Monitor with a focus on Maine’s child welfare system and indigent defense system. Previously, he worked as an investigative reporter ...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough, Sen. Angus King, Rep. Chellie Pingree at a panel discussion on ending homelessness among veterans in Maine. Photo by Beacon Staff A lack of reliable ...

This week on the podcast, we are revisiting Deputy Director Ben Chin’s interview with author and community organizer George Goehl. The two discusses Goehl’s book “The Fundamentals of Community ...

With the incoming Trump Administration bringing uncertainty to the future of consumer and worker protections, Maine legislators have the opportunity to strengthen current economic policies or ...

The Trump administration could cut Medicaid, a program critical to vulnerable populations in Maine. The incoming administration of President-Elect Trump and his allies in Congress have begun ...